License revoked for Tarrant County strip club labeled ‘nuisance’
License revoked for Tarrant County strip club
Tarrant County commissioners voted to remove the operating license for a strip club that was labeled a public nuisance.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Tarrant County commissioners voted to remove the operating license for a strip club that was labeled a public nuisance.
Temptations Cabaret, located just west of Fort Worth city limits, is now shut down.
Its permit was revoked under a clause that prevents strip clubs from operating within 1,000 feet of homes.
The county took action after a shooting last month left one person dead and three others injured.
On Wednesday, Tarrant County commissioners voted unanimously to revoke the license for Temptations Cabaret.
It’s been a long-time coming for residents like Molly Day, who lives in the neighborhood behind the club.
"Just a bazillion cars and just people outside milling around. It might have been BYOB, but there was an awful lot going on in the parking lot too. A lot of people out there," she said.
Day says it’s a hotbed for violence and drug use.
"We’ve had cars going through the neighborhood like bumper cars shooting each other."
Over Memorial Day weekend, deputies say a security guard shot and killed a man who shot and injured three people. And there had been hundreds of 911 calls to the location over the past few years.
Commissioner Manny Ramirez, who represents the area, said at that point enough was enough.
"More than a decade ago, I recall responding to calls out there to help Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office when I was with the police department."
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Commissioners revoked its license using a clause that prevents sexually oriented businesses from operating within 1,000 feet of homes. But lawyers for the club argued that rule didn’t apply to temptations because it was grandfathered in and allowed to operate after the rule was made.
And there’s still a lawsuit pending filed shortly after the May shooting labeling the club as a nuisance to get it permanently shut down.
"You know what if we have a business that is a public nuisance that is a public safety hazard for our community, we have to stand up and do the right thing," Ramirez said.
Day says it’s no longer costing neighbors peace of mind and that their concerns are no longer falling on deaf ears.